Marifest Green Rating Onion Ad From La Crosse Co
An old advertisement from John A. Siter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin touts the Marifest Green Rating Onion seedling offer. It promises large quantities of vegetables including cabbages carrots celery lettuce onions and flowers with a plant and seed catalog mailed to farmers and gardeners who return a small seed packet and age for special bonuses.
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Harbont
Johin A. Siiter Heed Co
la Crosse
Beriiner Caulitower
Practical Discovery and Far Western Meeting Promises Interest
A Newark News item notes a fall meeting at Paso Texas with speeches by American and foreign investigation authorities and a genuine Mexican bull fight. For details on data, railroad fares, and reservations, contact C F Warren Salt Lake City Utah.
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Paso
Texas
Titer Mountain
C. F. Warren
Dooly Block
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fibroid Tumor Cure Appeal Reaches Mrs Pinkham
Mrs Hayes seeks help from Mrs Pinkham after failing Boston doctors. She claims long fibroid tumor illness with pain when sitting, back and forth soreness, leg swelling, flowing spells for three years, poor appetite, and inability to walk long. The letter from 254 Dudley Street asks for guidance.
English inventor creates practical bicycle road surface
An Englishman has devised a road for bicycle riding that simulates every surface on a short track. The ring uses woods, asphalt, granite cubes and macadam in alternating faces. Beginners learn balancing and steering on the broad floor area before progressing to the rest.
Cow Climbs to Hayloft in Machias Stable
William G. Smith reports a cow vanished from his Machias Maine stable then reappeared in the hay loft after climbing a flight of wooden stairs. The doors were secure and the animal munched hay calmly, requiring effort to guide her back to the first floor via a back window and makeshift planks to a rear knoll.
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William G. Smith
Smith
Machias
Maine
Morrow
Peculiar Fare Payment On Electric Car
A well dressed man with a large satchel paid his fare from Blackinton to Williamstown in Massachusetts with two postage stamps and a cent. He had no money and told the conductor he would buy back the stamps later, offering them as full payment and promising repayment.
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Blackinton
Williamstown
Weelert Massachusets
Valuable Town Record in Saybrook Connecticut
Saybrook Connecticut holds a valuable town record collection led by 45 land record volumes from volume 5 to present. Four microfilm volumes, Nos 1 to 4, cover 1635 to 1667 and 64 volumes document selectmen records. There are also 6 school, 8 town meeting, and 4 vital statistics volumes.
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Saybrook
Conn
Mothers of twins at sixty and a history of canes
A Pittsburg dispatch notes Charles Bitter, 60, and his wife, 60, celebrate the birth of twin boys Joseph and James at 200n with three older sons. Ritter family history follows, detailing generations of farming since 1856 and Saxony origins. A Vermont senator receives a valuable collection of canes, including pieces from Japan, Manila, Cuba, Thomasville, and Libby prison, highlighting carved bamboo, lignum vitae, and other woods.
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Charles Bitter
Bristol Pike
Pennyback Lane
Joseph
James
Pittsburg
Charles Ritter, Jr
Albert
Mr. Ritter
Saxony
Miso
Cassel
Hesse
Ritter
Horace W. Bailey
St. Johnsbury
Japan
Manila
Cuba
Thomasville
Arizona Dates Taste Test At Cabinet Meeting
Secretary Wilson presented a small Arizona date package from Saharan palms at a cabinet meeting. The president declared the dates as good as any he had ever tasted, highlighting their quality from four years of growth in Arizona.
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Arizona
Sahara Desert
Wilson
Shadowgraph figure of children casting shadows wall
Spanish children play with light and shadows making a wall figure. The image shows small figures shaping silhouettes as light passes through a screen.
Treasure Hunt for Lost Antique Treasures
The search outlines recent efforts to recover ancient treasures from Greek research, aiming to locate artifacts about two thousand years old. Plans include locating a ship chartered by Pompey carrying art objects from Athens to Rome, wrecked in the area roughly nineteen fifty years ago.
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Pompey
Athens
Delage
Cat Survives Narrow Ride Inside Factory Wheel
A cat sleeping in a warm spot on the rim of a large drive wheel at a Derry New Hampshire factory was almost drawn into motion when the wheel started. The wheel stopped and the cat was removed unharmed, ending a thrilling near miss without injury.
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Derry
N. H
Yale Wealth Totals Six-Seven Million On Books
Yale reports total property valuing 6 899 000 with 1 046 000 in realty mortgages 1 665 000 in railroad bonds 648 000 in other corporate bonds 286 000 in various stocks and 2 453 000 in real estate including the university building and grounds.
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Yale
University
Egyptian Christmas Tree and Mafia trial fund
A pale historical note states Egyptians used a 12 seated palm as a Christmas tree symbolizing a year with monthly leaf growth. The Florence murder trial for a Mafia member reports an anonymous $700 contribution to Malermo alone for defense.
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Florence
Ma Lermo
English dealer advertises for sale rare horn book
An English dealer in rare books offers an 18th century horn book for 80 dollars. The vellum manuscript is covered with thin horn, secured by original attent and iron tacks, with an oak back. The item has been preserved in the family for over a century.
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Ths
Dog Follows Telephone Crew and Sparks Rally Aid
A Montpelier Vermont dog trailing a group of telephone workers saw a spark jump between power lines, the end of which sparked a clutching moment before help arrived. The dog then kept away from the exchange and appeared content to witness further scientific investigation.
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Montpelier
Wolf Killed by Starksmore Man With Broomstick
David Dike of Starksmore Virginia exhibited the skin of a gray wolf killed near his barn. Attracted by a finch near the barn he investigated with a broom imitator and killed the animal with the broomstick. The animal weighed about thirty five pounds and was a fine specimen.
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David Dike
Starksmore
Dike
Court Rules Passengers Must Stay Awake on Trains
A Kawas City court ruled two men who dozed on a moving train were responsible for missing their stop and being carried beyond their destination. The decision holds passengers must stay awake and watch for their stop.
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Kawas
Acorns Planted From Wood Pigeon Crop In Calchester
Vigor of acorn trees grows from plantings in Calchester Ting where saplings were raised from acorns taken seven years earlier from a wood pigeon crop.
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Calchester
Ting
New Eye Protection Reduces Strain for Weak Eyes
A new protection offers lightness and avoids perspiration by normal sight, easing strain for weak eyes.
Long Preserved Honey Cage by Bromscheck Meman
A glass cage contains honey preserved for forty four years by Bromscheck Meman. The five pound package has shrunk to three and a quarter pounds due to evaporation, yet the specimen remains in good condition and seemingly as fresh as when first made.
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Meman
Peruna Advertises Grip Cure With Endorsements
An extensive Peruna advertisement extols its cure for la grippe and aftereffects. It cites testimonials from diverse readers including Mrs Fredes Westerlo Albany County and Judge Horatio J. Gors urging Peruna’s efficacy, claiming improved health and weight gains. The piece appeals to a broad audience across classes and regions, offering Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are unsatisfactory.
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Soli
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Howton
Newark News
Congress
Cairo
Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmeted
LeRoy
Parliament
New Zealand
Tom Ure Piso
Ronit
Raple Strowt
Norwicn
Heb
Berlin
Russia
E. F. Hayes
Bosbury
Bose
Dees
New York Herald
Org
Peiow Acton
Rapa Jr Dilieres
Schwarz & Meinecke
Second
South
Talernosy
Gregory’ Ss
Peru
Cabes of la Grippe
Fredes Westerlo
Albany County
Ives
Grippe Paren
Perone
Wail
Ampotre
Weinberger
James R. Guill
Omaha
Omi
Peruna
Veruna
Perna
Abraham Lincoln
Silas
Lincoln
T Street
Wash
la Grippe
Misa
Alice M- Dressler
N. Bryans
Minnespolis
Minn
Collee
Ninof
Jebieh
Nialer
Jean Cowgill
Griswold Touse
Troy
Horatio J. Gors
Hartwell
Hartman
Flartman
Hartman ‘Sanitarium
Columbus
Western
Canada
Suiliciust
Cnppert
Nsitway
Western Canada
Tita Avenue
Falls
Montana
Whitaker & Dallas
Sav
Salt Lake
Salt Lah City
GEO. W. Stahl
Quincy
Chesebrough
State Street
New Youu
Pratt
Barteldes & Company
Reliable Colorado
15Th Street
Denver
Colorado
Spomaenano Soweress
Stonearone
Nelden-Judson Drug Co
General Agents
Salt Lake Cuy, Utah
Liearness
Gay Fares Veumnaia
Wil Soman
Vavar
Lidepoaraton
Hyshein
Bree
Norway
Diaston Hunt
Creusus
Alountaineee
Pkesney Institute Seme Mo
Temple St. Mat
Te Capestas
Alt Smebine Ogden Assay Co
J. W. Currie
Soun
Utam
Richard E. Evans
W.N.U
Salt Lake No. 7
Thompson
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